Songs that are played at key moments during TV shows and movies have always been an important part of both films and music. They set a mood, define a character, and in the case of the artist, showcase a song in front of potentially millions of people.

Websites like TuneFind.com make it easy to search for what you just heard on a show, and MTV routinely lists the artist and song title at the bottom of the screen and points people to a website where they can see full playlists from various shows. Once you know the who and the what, however, what does the song placement really do for the artist?

I spoke with eight musicians whose work has been heard on major TV shows to glean as much information as possible regarding what happens after an episode that features one of their songs airs.

B-Listers are a select group of artists that were featured in my Artist Of The Week series that ran every Monday from April of '06 to April of '11. All of these artists have two things in common; extreme talent, and a flight path far too under the radar for my liking. They took on the title of B-Listers as they embraced being featured by me, Adam B. Check out the AOTW Archives for all the interviews.